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Gustav Klimt in Vienna

Gustav Klimt was an artist who was the founder of the Vienna Secessaion at the end of the 19th century. Learn about Gustave Klimt in Vienna with tips from an art historian in this free fine art video.

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So Gustav Klimt, he was the founder of the Vienna Secession, at the end of the nineteenth century, and secession is another name, journal name, for the Art Nouveau or young style or natural style. This movement was recognizable around Europe at the end, from the end of the nineteenth century until the end of the first World War, around. And the earliest, one of the earliest movements was the Vienna Secession, and it was a group of artists including of course Gustav Klimt, and so they, it meant that they exhibited together in the whole of secession which was designed by an architect, he was in this group, Gustav Aubry, and, so the building was itself a secession art work as well. And inner decoration were made also as well by Klimt.

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Gustav Klimt in Vienna

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